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Who funds Todd Baker Achilles?

Idaho U.S. SenateIndependentFiled as challengerFEC S6ID00146
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The money.

Todd Baker AchillesFEC filing: Todd Baker Achilles · S6ID00146 ↗
Raised
$1.9M
Spent
$1.7M
Cash on hand
$196K
Debts
$23K
  • Individuals 92% $1.8M
  • PACs & other committees 2% $33K
  • Party committees 0.1% $2,500
  • Candidate's own money & loans 2% $34K
  • Other receipts 4% $86K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026.

No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers $5,000
  2. NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEUnion PAC · National Rural Letter Carriers' Association $5,000
  3. VOTEVETSHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $5,000
  4. BLUE WAVE PROJECTLeadership PAC of Jeffrey Alan Merkley $2,500
  5. BIG SKY VALUESPAC with no sponsoring organization $2,500

Who gave.

Who gives $1.8M from individuals

27% in small-dollar gifts

$478K of $1.8M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $1.1M of the $1.3M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026 for this campaign.

59% from Idaho · 41% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $6,500 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

Top states

  1. Idaho $642K
  2. California $139K
  3. Washington $80K
  4. Connecticut $42K
  5. New York $29K
  6. District of Columbia $16K
  7. Pennsylvania $16K
  8. Massachusetts $15K

Top employers named by donors

  1. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY $24K
  2. RETIERD $14K
  3. ST LUKES HEALTH SYSTEM $6,250
  4. ST LUKES $3,750

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $744K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $307K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, net of refunds (1,952 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $130K for / $0 against · $35K in the final two weeks

Source: FEC 24- and 48-hour reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Digital ads 89% $115K
  • Ads, medium not stated 11% $15K

Largest late spenders for

  1. FORWARD PARTY VICTORY FUND INC $115K
  2. UNITED INDEPENDENTS CAMPAIGN FUND $15K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (5 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $1.2M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.2M of the $1.7M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 23% $279K
  • Consultants & strategy 25% $308K
  • Staff & payroll 17% $204K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 13% $166K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $59K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $42K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $47K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $12K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.1% $1,675
  • Other or unclassified 10% $120K

Largest payees

  1. GUSTO INC $125K
  2. VOTENEXUS $94K
  3. 208 STRATEGIES $60K
  4. PROMETHEUS DIGITAL $50K
  5. UNBRIDLED STRATEGIES $47K

Paid to individuals: $148K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jul 9, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,372 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.